Don Gwinn

I wish, but I have a meeting in Champaign that day. Wrong end of the state.

It was going well until they realized that they were the Cubs in the postseason. Up to that point, they were like Wile E. Coyote running out into the air off a cliff--as long as they didn't look down, they were fine.

You hate mailbox-dwelling rattlesnakes? That is surprisingly but admirably specific.

This is where I get to be smug about not paying for cable. I don't know who Billy Mays is and I've never heard of "SoyJoy," so it sounds to me like you folks are paying for the privilege of viewing these masterpieces of advertising.

500K is what you get if you're Kimbo--he's not getting that to fight, he's getting that to lend his name to their promotion. Carano got a lot more than I realized--they must really be working on picking people off from the UFC. That's not bad money at all, multiplied out over 3-5 fights per year. For a long time, the standing joke was that you'd work your butt off, get injured a few times, train for 6 weeks, and get $2000 for your fight. Then some guy in the stands would declare "$2000 for 15 minutes of work? Sign me up!" When it's "$500,000 for six months' work" . . . the guy in the stands is starting to have a point.

Oh, yeah, and this is important: that gun's name is Lucky. No debate is possible.

I have guns used by Nazis and Soviets--mostly to kill each other, but still. It's just a gun.

If you're a big dumb shot thrower, it's OK to jump over the runners' hurdles when they're not using them. You can do it on a cinder track, too, no big deal. But track hurdles are unidirectional, and you don't want to go over one backwards. Hit the hurdle with your foot going the right way, and it'll topple gracefully behind you as you continue on your way, just like those guys in the Olympics on TV. Hit it going the other way, and it will stand fast. The top will shatter into a million pieces, but it'll still stop you hard enough to lever you straight into the ground, and you'll be picking cinders out of your hands and face for a week.

My guess? At the moment she probably makes very little on the fight. Endorsements? Probably better, but there are only a handful of guys getting rich in MMA, and they fight for the UFC. For those of you suggesting she should be modeling, think it through for a minute: why are people looking at pictures of her? Why are people so amazed at her looks? Because she's also a mixed martial artist. She's a fighter. She seems happy with that. She should fight. Similarly, I doubt Cyborg cares what any of us think of her looks.

I've never shot a double in a match (nothing that would fool anybody, anyway) but I did shoot one that was near-perfect in the shoothouse at Blackwater when Todd Jarrett was running the internet geeks through a surprise course. I was sure it was a mike (I didn't remember a miss there, but I don't trust myself to call shots) but before I had a chance to say anything on the walk-through, Jarrett said "That's a double, it's almost a perfect double, but I stood right here and watched both rounds go through the same hole!" That ended all doubt for me. The more I read about people gaming mikes by calling them doubles, the more I wonder if he was putting me on. But I swear I could see just a tiny bit of oblong shape to it, and I'm sticking to my story!

I use a Blackhawk Serpa in Production. Had to mark "other" since they get upset if you call it "Kydex."

No, and he'd have remembered it forever if he'd been DQ'ed. Would have been a cheap safety lesson.

I thought so. Like I said, I doubt anyone at my local bunch would care, but if it were a problem for the USPSA people, I'd obviously find some grips rather than shoot my stock single-stack commander in Open. :eek:

I'll let you know if and when I ever shoot one. Illinois Sectional for Production/Single Stack is coming up in October, but I have a meeting for a pro gun political group on the other end of the state that day. I'm a lot better at being mean to legislators than I am A zones.

The rest of us weren't there . . . what did he say?